Psychological stress in heart failure: a potentially actionable disease modifier
Harris KM, Jacoby DL, Lampert R, Soucier RJ, Burg MM. Psychological stress in heart failure: a potentially actionable disease modifier. Heart Failure Reviews 2020, 26: 561-575. PMID: 33215323, PMCID: PMC8026548, DOI: 10.1007/s10741-020-10056-8.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHeart failurePsychological stressHeart failure symptomsHeart failure patientsLife stressorsDisease-related consequencesQuality of lifePatterns of exposureAdverse eventsFailure patientsDisease courseEjection fractionPatients' qualityModifiable factorsPatient subgroupsSymptom exacerbationDaily life stressorsFailure symptomsPathophysiological pathwaysEffective diseaseFunctional limitationsDiminished qualityPatientsActionable pathwaysStress exposureImpact of Mental Stress and Anger on Indices of Diastolic Function in Patients With Heart Failure
Harris KM, Gottdiener JS, Gottlieb SS, Burg MM, Li S, Krantz DS. Impact of Mental Stress and Anger on Indices of Diastolic Function in Patients With Heart Failure. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2020, 26: 1006-1010. PMID: 32750485, PMCID: PMC7704726, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.07.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLV diastolic pressureReduced ejection fractionHeart failureDiastolic functionDiastolic pressureMental stressEjection fractionBaseline E/eTwo-dimensional Doppler echocardiographyEarly LV relaxationAge-adjusted linear regressionLong-term outcomesStress-induced increaseAcute worseningDoppler echocardiographyIschemic cardiomyopathyLV relaxationVentricular functionAnger recallPatientsMental arithmetic taskStress protocolDaily assessmentStress exposureAverage baselineExtending Behavioral Medicine to Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.
Harris KM, Testani JM, Burg MM. Extending Behavioral Medicine to Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Psychosomatic Medicine 2020, 82: 345-346. PMID: 32150010, PMCID: PMC7138745, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000000783.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters